# 2.5 Discounts & Promotions

### Discounts

Discounts are defined as price discounts provided by the cashier manually on the POS. This could be provided to normal customers or employees.

#### Manual Item Discount

These are discounts which are provided at a line item level in the basket. Examples could be:

* 5 cents per liter off for Diesel
* 10% off for all coffee drinks

#### Manual Transaction/ Employee Discount

These are discounts which are calculated for the whole basket. Examples could be:

* 8% off for all employees for beverages.

### Promotions

Promotions are auto applied to the transaction if certain criteria are met. 

A few examples can include:

* Buy One get One Free on Coke
* Buy 3 packets of Break for 5 CHF
* Buy 1 Sandwich & 1 Coke & 1 packet of chips for a fixed price of 8 CHF